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Chess Story

Stefan Zweig
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literary fiction psychological fiction past tense first POV ~82 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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psychological obsessive melancholic

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count20,610
Page count~82 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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